Message in which drinker expresses regret for summoning Uber car to drive him
95 feet in Houston goes viral on social media

A drinker in Texas was mortified to wake up the morning after a night out to realise he had summoned an Uber car to take what could be the world’s shortest taxi journey between neighbouring bars.

The one-minute trip costing the car-sharing firm’s minimum of $4 (£2.34) plus tax took him around the block even though the pubs were side by side on Bagby Street in Houston.

Walking to his destination of the Dogwood bar would have taken no more than 20 seconds – far less than he would have spent using the app on his phone to summon the car, wait for its arrival and be driven around the block.

The unnamed drinker seems to have had no memory of the journey before checking his phone to discover a receipt from Uber complete with a map of the route from 2403 Bagby Street to 2315 Bagby Street.

He posted it on the social networking website Reddit under the username uhcoughers with a rueful message reading: “After a night of fairly heavy drinking, I woke to find I took a very unnecessary cab ride … Thank you Uber for rubbing my face in it with the detailed map.”